I saw Romeo and Juliet at the Odeon Leicester Square, the day after the Regal Premier and from that twenty-four hour period I was hooked on this motion-picture show. I went back three times with different sets of friends just to watch it again and each time I enjoyed information technology more than. Now owning information technology on DVD when I desire to merely feel skillful most films I watch it!
And so much has already been written about the youth of the two young unknown stars and the chemistry that they had on screen that I don't need to echo it now. However the central to this film's great success was that information technology was visually stunning, Zefferelli is the master of using colour, setting and costume to great effect. He was so clever in his casting, not only with the very handsome immature Leonard Whiting who at the time when I was only 18 myself I thought was gorgeous simply too the innocence of an immature Hussey was perfect. A primary stroke was Milo O'Shea as Friar Lawrence, never ever has in that location been a better role for this talented by rarely seen Irish thespian.
It's pointless complaining that the text is cut, by leaving out Romeo killing Paris and also the apothecary selling Romeo the poison in no way detracts from the overall imagery and beauty of Shakespeare'south text. To accept fabricated the flick using the whole text would have been also hard and peradventure Zefferelli did desire to portray Romeo equally a little nicer than he really was. In truth he was a fickle fellow every bit all teenage boys tin be and as well decumbent to an amount of passionate violence so prevalent in adolescence. Merely this was Italy in Tudor times when life was inexpensive and the willingness to reach for the sword was as it should exist.Shakespeare understood homo nature better than anyone and that's why all his plays show and so much insight into the man spirit.
Zefferelli balanced the film perfectly, cipher was overdone. He combined the tragedy with the humor likewise as the love story past casting the right actor for each role and even if some of them faded into oblivium subsequently, for this film they were all perfect. I never desire to see another version. Baz Luhrmann's pales in comparing and thats not a bad motion picture.
Come the Oscars I waited with baited jiff having convinced myself that information technology would go best picture - I was and so disappointed!. It did collect Best Costume and I think Best Cinematography, just what a travesty, particularly when the film that did win that year was not even in the same league and is hardly ever remembered. Information technology'southward always very difficult to succeed with Shakespeare on the big screen but this version of Romeo and Juliet had it all. Only Kenneth Brannagh'due south mammoth production of the uncut version of Village comes anywhere nearly this wonderful movie.
How Nino Roto'due south soundtrack as well missed out on an Oscar I will never sympathise. Footnote: Luciano Pavarotti has recorded the principal honey theme and information technology's called Ai giochi addio - it is and then beautiful it will make y'all cry every bit y'all recollect the flick.
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